August 14, 2026 - In January 2025, Donald Trump delivered a death knell, ending DEI within the federal government with executive orders and threatening to target companies that still supported it. Companies including Google, Goldman Sachs, McDonald’s and Walmart ...

April 6, 2026 - Eliminating DEI: Hundreds of colleges and universities have rooted out Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts on their campuses and eliminated unfair requirements for admission, employment, scholarship awards, and more.

April 22, 2026 - Trump’s March order is his latest attempt to stamp out DEI initiatives in the higher education sector and elsewhere. Under the directive, federal agencies have until April 25 to insert the new DEI ban into their contracts.

2 weeks ago - The Education Department planned to cancel $600 million in taxpayer-funded grants for courses promoting ‘divisive ideologies’ such as critical race theory.

April 7, 2026 - On his second day in office, he signed an executive order to terminate “to the maximum extent allowed by law” DEI offices and positions. The DEI executive order also mandated an end to such programs at universities that receive federal funding.

1 week ago - The last-minute cancellation strips back $810 million in funding for several immigration and refugee programs, foreign debt-relief programs, and more.

2 weeks ago - Pivoting away from the antisemitism probes that yielded massive cash settlements early in President Donald Trump’s term, the Justice Department has launched a sweeping new effort against more than 100 elite universities.

April 2, 2026 - However, even as the department’s anti-DEI guidance is officially rescinded, colleges and universities that scrambled last year to scrap or overhaul their DEI efforts haven’t changed tack, fearful that the Trump administration’s ideology remains the same and worried that the federal government might find other ways to crack down on schools continuing diversity programs and initiatives.

1 month ago - The rule is broadly aimed at ending any policies or programs that help students because of their race, and it specifically says such benefits in admissions, scholarships and facilities “would be incompatible” with the rule.

1 month ago - The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would strip private schools and colleges of their tax-exempt status if they provide targeted help to students based on their race.

. . Order.” By failing to provide ... order, the order simply creates a blank check for pretextual enforcement of anti-DEI polices against any major organization or institution that the Trump administration finds distasteful...

June 4, 2026 - ... Abortion in the U.S. ... Editorial ... over a year since President Trump signed executive orders eliminating federal diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs and related initiatives, reshaping policies and ...

March 27, 2026 - Agencies must insert a clause by April 25 in their contracts that requires colleges and other partners to abstain from "discriminatory" DEI activities.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education has taken action to eliminate harmful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including references to them in public-facing communication channels and its associated workforce.

February 25, 2026 - Following the latest legal ... will continue to follow a March 7, 2025, Board of Visitors resolution, which dissolved its DEI office and programs, unless the Board takes further action....

February 14, 2025 - President Trump has issued several ... an order Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity and the Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing Executive Order...

October 20, 2025 - Trump has taken multiple steps ... initiatives, including pressuring top universities to sign compacts tied to federal funding, freezing multibillion-dollar infrastructure projects and closing DEI offices....

February 12, 2025 - Instead, they are strategies to equalize opportunities for groups of people who are unfairly disadvantaged, such as: engaging in broader outreach and recruitment measures to expand a college applicant pool; adopting a policy to only focus on necessary skills and qualifications in hiring; providing training to ensure that healthcare providers can effectively treat patients of all backgrounds; among others. At the end of the day, a successful diversity, equity, and inclusion program strives to ensure that no one feels excluded or treated unfairly. The federal government should encourage these programs, not limit them. Federal programs should serve everyone equally. The federal workforce is best able to serve our country if it reflects the full range of available talent. If the Trump administration fully implements these EOs, they will erect new barriers to federal programs and employment, making the federal government less able to meet the needs of the nation.

The AAUP is a plaintiff in a case ... that the Trump administration cease requiring universities to comply with the executive orders seeking to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs on university campuses...

May 16, 2025 - WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs that his officials say exclude white and Asian ...